EP0154387B1 - Machine pour la fabrication d'un faisceau de câbles électriques - Google Patents

Machine pour la fabrication d'un faisceau de câbles électriques Download PDF

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EP0154387B1
EP0154387B1 EP85300074A EP85300074A EP0154387B1 EP 0154387 B1 EP0154387 B1 EP 0154387B1 EP 85300074 A EP85300074 A EP 85300074A EP 85300074 A EP85300074 A EP 85300074A EP 0154387 B1 EP0154387 B1 EP 0154387B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/01—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for connecting unstripped conductors to contact members having insulation cutting edges
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/5136—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work
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    • Y10T29/5142—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work including assembling or disassembling station and means to sever work from supply
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/51—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling
    • Y10T29/5147—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling including composite tool
    • Y10T29/5148—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling including composite tool including severing means
    • Y10T29/515—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling including composite tool including severing means to trim electric component
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
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    • Y10T29/51—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling
    • Y10T29/5193—Electrical connector or terminal
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/5313—Means to assemble electrical device
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    • Y10T29/53213—Assembled to wire-type conductor
    • Y10T29/53217—Means to simultaneously assemble multiple, independent conductors to terminal

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  • the present invention relates to machines or other apparatus for fabricating an electrical harness which comprises a plurality of wire conductors electrically connected to one or more electrical connectors.
  • United States Patent US-A-4 653 183 owned by the Assignee of the present inention, discloses a mass termination type machine which fabricates double ended electrical harnesses.
  • the electrical harness comprises a plurality of wire conductors having a connector electrically attached to both ends.
  • One type of terminal which can be used for mass termination is a crimpable insulation piercing type which is disclosed in the above-identified United States Patent No. 4,335,497.
  • Another type of terminal which lends itself to mass termination is one having a wire engaging portion that has an insulation displacement slot.
  • One form of an insulation displacement slot is disclosed in United States Patent No. 4,385,794. The problem with such a terminal design is that the insulation displacment slot is formed from free standing walls. When the wire conductor is being inserted into the insulation displacment slot, the free standing walls comprising the slot tend to move away from one another thereby lessening the reliability of the electrical connection between the conductor core and the terminal.
  • a common problem encountered in mass terminating a plurality of terminals is to properly align the wire conductors with the corresponding conductor engaging portions of the terminals.
  • One machine is disclosed in United States Patent No. 4,290,179 which attempts to solve this problem.
  • EP-A-34433 describes an apparatus for terminating a plurality of conductors to terminals which employs pilot means to position the termination head, conductors and conductor engaging portions of the terminals with respect to one another.
  • One object of the present invention is to provide an improved machine for fabricating electrical harness.
  • the present invention is a machine for fabricating an electrical harness including a connector electrically connected to a plurality of conductors, said connector having a housing with a plurality of terminal receiving cavities therein and a plurality of terminals carried by a carrier strip and mounted in said cavities, each terminal having a conductor engaging portion and being movable between a partially preloaded position relative to the housing wherein the conductor engaging portions extend out of the housing to an inserted position wherein said terminals are fully seated within their respective cavities, said machine including a connector nest for holding and positioning a partially preloaded connector, said nest having a floor defining a support surface for said connector, a termination station whereat a partially preloaded connector is electrically connected to a plurality of wire conductor end portions, wire clamping meansfor releasably holding the conductors at the termination station, a termination assembly including a termination head for simultaneously attaching said conductor end portions to the terminal conductor engaging portions, said connector nest and termination assembly being mounted for up and down relative movement between a first position wherein said
  • Fig. 1 illustrates the termination station, generally designated 10, whereat an electrical harness is partially fabricated.
  • the electrical harnesses produced by the machine are of the type which is shown in Fig. 2 and is seen to generally include a length of round conductor ribbon cable 12 having electrically connected at either end a first connector, generally designated 14, and a second connector generally designated 16.
  • the ribbon cable 12 has a plurality of parallel side by side insulated wire conductors 18 mechanically held together by insulative webs 20. Portions of the webs 20 are removed to form notches 22 in a manner that is well known in the art. It is to be understood that other types of conductors can be used such as a flat conductor ribbon cable or discrete wire.
  • each connector 14 and 16 is seen to generally include an insulated housing 24 having several side by side terminal receiving cavities 26.
  • Each cavity 26 has two windows 28 and 30 axially spaced from one another for purposes which will become more apparent hereinafter.
  • a plurality of terminals 32 are received in cavities 26.
  • Each terminal 32 has a pin receiving end 34 although, it is understood, that the end 34 disclosed herein does not have to be in the configuration illustrated in the drawings.
  • Integrally formed with the pin receiving end 34 is a wire or conductor engaging end which generally includes a base 36 having two upstanding opposed C-shaped conductor engaging members 38.
  • Each C-shaped member 38 has a wall defining a bight and an inwardly directed plate 42 at both ends.
  • the plates 42 at each same end of both walls 40 are spaced apart a distance less than the diameter of the conductor of the insulated wires so as to define two axially spaced insulation displacment slots 44.
  • Slots 44 are adapted to receive an insulated wire conductor 18 therein and to displace the insulation to contact conductor core.
  • the terminal 32 also includes integrally formed crimpable strain relief wings 46 which extend upwardly from either side of base 36 immediately adjacent the C-shaped members 38. Wings 46 are adapted to be crimped around the insulation of the wire conductor 18 when it is received within the slots 44 for the purpose of preventing inadvertent axial pullout of the wire from the terminal 32.
  • terminals 32 are maintained in this preloaded position and their end spacing is maintained by virture of retaining the carrier strip 50 integrally therewith. Because of this, the terminals 32 will always move in unison while the strip 50 is attached thereto. It is also to be noted that carrier strip 50 has the usual pilot holes 52 formed therein which are normally used in the process of manufacturing terminals.
  • the terminals are inserted fully into their respective cavities 26 and are held in that position by virtue of the respective locking lances 48 cooperating with windows 30.
  • the carrier strip 50 is knocked off the remaining terminals to produce the harness shown in Fig. 2.
  • each connector 14 and 16 is adapted to be held and positioned within first and second connector nests, generally designated 60 and 62, respectively.
  • each nest 60 and 62 is seen to generally include a floor 64 having an end wall 66 extending upwardly therefrom and a ceiling 68 parallel to floor 64 overhanging a part of the length of said floor.
  • the area between the floor 64, end wall 66 and ceiling 68 defines a connector housing receiving recess.
  • the ceiling 68 has a top portion which is slanted at 70 relative to the floor and flat portion 72.
  • Two sets of pilot recesses 76 and 78 are formed in both nests 60 and 62.
  • One set of recesses 76 is formed in the flat portion 72 of ceiling 68.
  • the other set of recesses 78 is formed in the floor 64 so that when the partially preloaded connector 14 or 16 is properly mounted in nest 60 and 62, the pilot holes of the carrier strip 50 are aligned with recesses 78.
  • a termination assembly is mounted at the termination station 10 and is movable in two mutually perpendicular directions.
  • the termination assembly 80 is mounted for up and down movement between a first position wherein a nest 60 or 62 is spaced from said termination assembly and a second position wherein the conductors 18 are terminated within their respective insulation displacement slots 44.
  • the termination assembly 80 is also movable towards and away from the conductor source (not shown).
  • the termination assembly 80 serves the purpose of positioning the ends 18 of a length of cable 12 relative to the insulation displacement slots 44 and terminating the ends into the slots. As will become apparent hereinafter, termination assembly 80 performs the same function with respect to both connectors 14 and 16 which are received in the respective nests 60 and 62 without altering the level at which the cable conductors 18 are held at the termination assembly 80.
  • the termination assembly is seen to include a termination head 84 which is a unitary member extending across the entire termination assembly 80 and is moveable therewith.
  • Termination head 84 has a plurality of depending stuffer blades 86 which are adapted to engage the respective conductors and push them into their respective insulation displacement slots 44 when the termination assembly 80 is moved from its first position (Fig. 4A) to its second position (Fig. 4B).
  • a depending wall support portion 88 is formed on both sides of each blade 86.
  • a recess 90 is formed between each blade 86 and terminal wall support portion 88.
  • the termination assembly 80 When the termination assembly 80 is moved from its first position to its second position the walls 40 of the C-shaped members 38 are received in recesses 90 so that the terminal wall support portions 88 are disposed immediately adjacent the outside of the terminal walls as is best seen in Fig. 5B. In this position, the terminal wall support portions 88 laterally brace the terminal wall 40 to prevent the walls from moving outwardly away from each other during the termination operation.
  • the termination assembly 80 also includes a pair of crimp punches 92 and 94, one mounted on each side of the termination head 84 for movement therewith.
  • Crimp punch 92 is adpated to crimp strain relief wings 46 on the second connector 16 which is received in nest 62.
  • Crimp punch 94 is adapted to crimp the strain relief wings 46 on the terminals 32 received in the first connector 14 received in nest 60. Because punches 92 and 94 are mounted for movement with the termination head 84, they perform their crimping operation simultaneously with the conductor termination operation when the termination assembly 80 is moved from the first position to the second position.
  • the termination assembly 80 includes two spring loaded pilot members 96 and 98, each having a plurality of depending pilot posts 100 and 102, respectively.
  • the pilot members 96 and 98 are mounted on the termination assembly 80, one on each side of crimp punch 92 and 94, respectively.
  • Pilot posts 100 are adapted to be received in pilot recesses 76 of the first connector nest 60 and pilot recesses 78 of the second connector 62.
  • Pilot posts 102 are adapted to be received in pilot recesses 78 of the first connector nest 60 and pilot recesses 76 of the second connector nest 62.
  • Both pilot members 96 and 98 are moveable with respect to the termination head 84 and crimp punches 92 and 94.
  • pilot posts 100 or 102 are received in the pilot recesses 76 formed in the ceiling 68 of the connector nests 60 and 62, respectively, and the termination assembly 80 and nests 60 and 62 are moved to their second position
  • the pilot member 96 and 98 is retracted and biased against the ceiling 68 so that the termination head 84 and crimp punches 92 and 94 can be moved further toward the floor 64 of nests 60 and 62. This is best illustrated with respect to the first nest 60 in Figs. 4A and 4B. This is also shown schematically in Fig. 6C with respect to the second nest 62.
  • the insulation displacement slots 44 are positively positioned with respect to the termination head 84 and the conductor ends 18.
  • One clamping means is located between the termination assembly 80 and the conductor source (not shown) and includes a lower stationary gripping member 104a and a moveable upper gripping member 104b.
  • the top surface of stationary lower gripper 104a defines a conductor supporting surface.
  • the other clamping means is mounted on the other side of the termination assembly 80 and has a moveable lower gripping member 106a which is moveable with the first connector nest 60 and whose top gripping surface is aligned with the floor 64 of nest 60.
  • the top gripping member 106b moves up and down with the termination assembly 80.
  • the gripping members 106a and 106b move together to hold the cable 12 when the first connector 14 is being terminated.
  • the machine of the present invention performs more functions than that effected at the termination station 10. There are functions also performed upstream (i.e., to the left of the termination station) and downsteam (i.e., to the right of the termination station).
  • the termination station 10 is but one location on the machine which performs a plurality of or stream of operations on connector 14. Spaced from and parallel to this stream of functions are the same operations which are performed on the other conector 16.
  • One location on the other side is a second station, generally designated 108, which initially supports connector 16 when it is first positioned in nest 62.
  • a shuttle assembly which includes a support member 112 on which the second connector nest 62 is mounted.
  • Support member 112 is mounted for up and down movement relative to a second member 114 which in turn is slidable along a stationary rail assembly 116 which extends between the second station 108 and the termination station 10.
  • the second connector nest 62 has a support member 118 which is connected by virtue of linkage assembly 120 to actuation means (not shown).
  • a shelf portion 122 extends from the linkage assembly 120 which is adapted to engage the second nest support member 112 when it is moved to the termination station 10.
  • Linkage assembly 120 provides up and down movement to both the connector nests 60 and 62.
  • Two parallel spaced apart feed tracks 124 and 126 are mounted immediately downstream of the termination station and second station 108, respectively.
  • the tracks 124 and 126 provide support surfaces for the connectors 14 and 16, respectively, after termination as they are directed to other stations wherein other operations are performed.
  • FIG. 6A-6H the machine operation is illustrated.
  • FIG. 6A partially preloaded connector 14 has been moved to connector nest 60 at the termination station 10 while partially preloaded connector 16 has been moved to connector nest 62 at the second station 108.
  • the grippers 104a and 104b are holding the cable ends 18 immediately underneath pilot member 96.
  • Gripper members 106a and 106b are open.
  • Connector nest 62 is then moved to the termination station 10 as is shown in Fig. 6B. This is accomplished by actuating the shuttle assembly 110 so that member 114 slides in the rail assembly 116. In order to accommodate connector nest 62 at the termination station 10, connector nest 60 is moved downwardly by virtue of actuating the linkage 120. In addition, termination assembly 80 is moved toward the conductor source a distance such that the ends of conductors 18 now underlie the termination head 84. The relative position of the termination assembly 80 with respect to connector nest 62 as shown in Fig. 6B defines the first position with respect to nest 62.
  • Connector 16 is then mass terminated as is shown in Fig. 6C which defines the second position relative to the connector nest 62 and termination assembly 80.
  • the floor 64 of nest 62 acts as a conductor supporting surface.
  • the termination operation is accomplished by actuating the linkage 120 so that shelf 122 pushes upwardly on the support member 112 so that the nest 62 is forced up towards the termination assembly 80.
  • pilot posts 102 are received within pilot recesses 76 and, upon further upward movement, pilot member 98 is retracted relative to the remainder of the termination assembly 80.
  • the blades 86 engage their respective conductors 18 and pushes them into their respective insulation displacement slots 44 while crimp punch 92 simultaneously forms the strain relief wings 46 about the insulation of conductor 18.
  • the pilot posts 100 are received in recesses 78 through the pilot holes 50 thereby assuring that the conductors 18, termination head 84 and insulation displacement slots 44 are all aligned with respect to one another.
  • the entire termination assembly 80 is raised with respect to nest 62 preparatory to its movement back to the second station 108 as is shown in Fig. 6D.
  • the upper gripper member 104b is raised thereby freeing cable 12 for movement of the connector nests 62 and the attached cable.
  • a given length of cable is dereeled an amount equal to the distance between stations 10 and 108.
  • an additional length of wire may be dereeled by actuating a looper assembly 130 which imparts a force transverse to the length of the cable downwardly in a manner which is well known in the art.
  • the termination assembly 80 is lowered so that pilot posts 100 and 102 are received within the notched portion of cable 12.
  • Connector nest 60 is then moved upwardly so that pilot posts 100 received within pilot recesses 76 defining the first position between said first connector nest 60 and the termination assembly 80 as is shown in Fig. 6F.
  • upper gripper 104B is lowered to hold the cable between the termination assembly 80 and the conductor source.
  • the termination assembly 80 is actuated so that the termination head 84, crimp punches 92 and 94 and pilot member 98 are simultaneously lowered.
  • the other pilot member 96 remains biased against the ceiling 68 in a retracted spring loaded condition.
  • the termination head 84, and, in particular, the blades 86 push the conductors 18 into their respective insulation displacement slots 44 while crimp punch 94 simultaneously forms the strain relief wings 46 about the insulation of the conductors 18.
  • crimp punch 92 travels past the free end of the flat portion 72 of ceiling 68, it cooperates with the free edge thereof to shear cable 12 at the correct length.
  • gripper member 106a is raised to grip cable 12 against upper gripper member 106b.
  • Fig. 6G defines the second or terminatng position of termination assembly 80 with respect to the first connector nest 60.

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1. Machine pour fabriquer un harnais électrique, du type comprenant un connecteur (14) relié électriquement à plusieurs conducteurs (18),
ce connecteur comprenant un boîtier (24) pourvu de plusieurs cavités (26) destinées à recevoir des bornes, et plusieurs bornes (32) solidaires d'une barrette à bornes (50) et montées dans ces cavités, chaque borne présentant une partie (36) destinée à entrer en contact avec un conducteur et qui peut se déplacer entre une position de précontrainte partielle par rapport au boîtier, dans laquelle les parties qui portent contre les conducteurs se prolongent en dehors du boîtier, et une position d'insertion dans laquelle les bornes sont logées à fond dans leurs cavités respectives.
cette machine comprend un block de connexion (60) destiné à maintenir et positionner un connecteur partiellement précontraint, ce block (60) comprenant un socle (64) dont le dessous forme une surface de support pour le connecteur; un poste terminal ou d'extrémité (10) où le connecteur partiellement précontraint est relié électriquement à plusieurs extrémités de fils conducteurs, des serre-fils (104a, 104b) permettant de maintenir de façon libérable les conducteurs au poste terminal, un ensemble à bornes (80) pouruv d'une tête à bornes (84) permettant de fixer simultanément les extrémites desdits conducteurs aux parties des bornes destinés à entrer en contact avec les conducteurs, ledit block (60) et ledit ensemble à bornes (80) étant montés de façon à pouvoir se déplacer verticalement dans les deux sens par rappart l'un à l'autre entre une première position dans laquelle le bloc est espacé par rapport à l'ensemble et une second position dans laquelle les extrémités des conducteurs et les parties destinées à entrer en contact avec les conducteurs sont connectée, des moyens de guidage (96, 98) destinées à positionner les conducteurs (18) de la tête à bornes (84), ainsi que des parties (36) destinées à entrer en contact avec les conducteurs, par rapport les uns aux autres, lorsque le block de connexion (60) et l'ensemble à bornes (80) se trouvent dans leur seconde position, ainsi que des moyens de sectionnement (92) destinés à sectionner les conducteurs sur une longuerur prédéterminée après leur connexion, cette machine étant caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend une source de fils conducteurs pour stocker les conducteurs et les guider vers le poste de connexion, et des moyens d'insertion des bornes (32) pour insérer effectivement celles-ci dans leur position d'insertion, et que les moyens de guidage (96, 98) comprenant des moyens mobiles qui font partie du poste de connexion et comportent des moyens mâles (100, 102) situés à proximité de la tête à bornes et qui coopèrent avec les conducteurs (18) et la barrette-support (50) des bornes (32) et des éléments femelles coopérants (76, 78) du block de connexion (60).
2. Machine selon la Revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les moyens coopérants (100, 102) du bloc à bornes sont constitués par des goujons de guidage espacés et orientés vers le bas (100, 102) et des cavités espacées de guidage (76, 78) destinées à recevoir ces goujons, certains de ces goujons (100, 102) étant disposés de telle sorte qu chaque conducteur (18) se place entre des goujons adjacents (100, 102).
3. Machine selon la Revendiction 2, caractérisée en ce que certaines desdites cavités (78) de guidage sont formées dans une surface du socle (64) du block de connexion (60) qui supporte les conducteurs.
4. Machine selon la Revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la barrette-support (50) est reliée aux extrémités libres des bornes partiellement précontraintes afin de maintenir l'écartement correct entre les bornes adjacentes, cette barrette-support présentant des trous de guidage (52) située entre les bornes, les cavités de guidage (78) et les trous de guidage (52) étant alignés entre eux de façon que les goujons de guidage (100, 102) se logent dans les cavités de guidage (78) à travers les trous de guidage (52) de la barrette-support.
5. Machine selon la Revendication 4, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte un moyen conçu pour retirer la barrette-support après la mise en place des conducteurs.
6. Machine selon la Revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que chaque borne comprend une partie saillante de contrainte (46) qui peut être sertie et se situe près de la partie qui agit sur le conducteur, cet ensemble à bornes comprenant un dispositif de sertissage (94) situé au voisinage de la tête afin de sertir ladite partie saillante de contrainte autour du conducteur lorsq'il est connecté.
7. Machine selon la Revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que lesdits conducteurs sont isolés et que la partie qui agit sur les conducteurs comprend une gorge (44) de déplacement de l'isolant, desntinée à recevoir un conducteur isolé, ledit block à bornes comportant plusieurs lames (86) destinées à déplacer latéralement les fils conducteurs par rapport à leur axe longitudinal pour les engage dans les gorges respectives (44) de déplacement d'isolant, de façon que la gorge considérée déplace l'isolant et entre en contact électrique avec lesdits conducteurs.
8. Machine selon la Revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que les conducteurs constituent un ensemble compact en forme de ruban dans lequel les conducteurs sont séparés par des nervures isolantes, et que cette machine comprend en outre un ensemble à encocher monté entre la source de conducteurs et le poste à bornes afin d'enlever une partie (22) desdites nervures isolantes entre des conducteurs adjacents.
9. Machine selon l'une quelconque des Revendications 1 à 8, caractérisée en ce que le connecteur comprend un dispositif à déclic (28, 30) pour repérer et positionner les bornes dans leur position de précontrainte et dans leur position d'insertion.
10. Machine selon la Revendication 9, caractérisée en ce que ledit dispositif à déclic comprend des premières et secondes fenêtres espacées entre elles (28, 30), formées dans chaque cavité, ainsi qu'un ergot de verrouillage (48) formé sur chaque borne et destiné à coopérer avec la première fenêtre correspondante (28) dans la posiiton de précontrainte et dans la second fenêtre correspondante (30) dans la position d'insertion.
11. Machine selon l'une quelconque des Reven dications 1 à 10, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un second poste (108) éloigné du poste à bornes (10), lesdites moyens d'alimentation en conducteurs comprenant des moyens (112, 114, 116) de support du block (60) disposés entre le poste à bornes et le second poste précité, ce faisceau étant monté sur lesdites moyens de support de façon à pouvoir se déplacer entre les deux postes, et des moyens pour déplacer ce bloc (60) entre le poste à bornes (10) et le second poste (108) après que les conducteurs ont été connectés, de façon que les conducteurs soient déplacés sur une distance égale à celle qui sépare les deux postes.
12. Machine selon la Revendication 11, caractérisée par des moyens (130) destinés à former une boucle dans les conducteurs, cette boucle s'étendant entre les deux postes, afin de fournier une longueur plus grande que la distance qui sépare les deux postes.
13. Machine selon la Revendication 12, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif de couple (92) est monté sur ladite tête à bornes (80) et peut se déplacer de façon à entrer en contact avec un bord dudit poste à bornes (10) lorsque le block (60) se trouve dans la seconde position.
14. Machine selon l'une quelconque des Revendicaions 1 à 13, caractérisée en ce que l'ensemble à bornes (80) est immobile lorsque le block (60) et l'ensemble à bornes (80) sont déplacés vers leur seconde position.
15. Machine selon la Revendication 11, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens de guidage (100, 102) sont divisés en deux jeux formés respectivement sur les côtés avant et arrière du block à bornes (84), l'une de ces jeux (10; 102) coopérant avec chacun des conducteurs (18), barrette-support (50) des bornes (32) et certains éléments (76, 78) de chaque block, tandis que l'autre jeu (100; 102) coopère avec d'autres éléments (76; 78) lorsque le bloc et l'ensemble des bornes se trouvent dans la seconde position.
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EP0154387A2 (fr) 1985-09-11
CA1268021A (fr) 1990-04-24
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EP0311149B1 (fr) 1993-09-08
EP0311149A1 (fr) 1989-04-12
EP0154387A3 (en) 1987-03-25
DE3587574D1 (de) 1993-10-14
US4590650A (en) 1986-05-27
DE3572896D1 (en) 1989-10-12

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